Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Shiv Kumar Sharma and Santoor are one name ,one identity. Santoor was unknown to the world before the strings came in the hands of Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma . The magic he created is a worldwide phenomenon. His strings touches Santoor but actually explores you to meditate or dance and fills in you the most searched thing- a peace of mind . whatever music can do with human mind and body- Pandit ji does that all with you. A performance at GuruNanakCollege for Girls, Gujjarkhan Complex, Ludhiana last night was a night to remember for the whole life. Salute to Pandit ji.

I was jumping and wondering like a child when I traveled by air for the first time. That little window was full of wonderful images below. My camera was also enjoying all this. You can also enjoy these photos …depicting some beautiful sites of Delhi to Bangalore and Srinagar to Chandigarh.

22 wrirersrecived translation awards for their translation from one Indian language to another. As I was a part of Poetry and Short Story reading Programme, I reached Bangluru on 20-09-09 evening .

28 poets from all Indian languages and 9 short story writers were present loaded with poems, short stories and their experiences about writing.

The first session was a unique in the form, every translator shared experiences about translations. How they tried hard to reach nearer to original text and its meanings, what type of problems they face, what they thought before startingand what they faced later. Overall it was wonderful to listen this inspiring and motivating session.

Next were the short story telling session. In this session Parsannamade it the most effective in his inaugural speech. In the session where writers were to share their experiences about writing, I found that the concentration shifted more towards the profiletelling rather than how they came across the problematic subject and how they expressed while transferring on paper,what were the tussles tackling the characters , language, environment and other elements of their writings.

Then Poets were on their turn with poems, as per design every poet will recite one poem in original language to which he/she belonged followed by recitation of 3-4 poemseither in Hindi or English. Every poets recited first part very well but most of them were just reading the text of the poem without the feelings they were filled with while reciting the original. In the valedictory statement Dr. Parsannapointed thisand called for the need of professional translations and feelful readings which was found only with 30% of poets.

Another feather clipped with evening was Manipuri Folk Dance Performance of Beautiful , energetic young boys- n- girls. It was Krishna with Radha and Gopies with all love, play and sensuesness that made the audience spellbound with music and visual.

I would say it was a wonderful experience, full of newness, fresh environment, a space for interaction with farther Indian languages, poets , writers and artists. Above all the packed audience who were enjoying each bit of thewriter delivered to them.

Dr. S. S. Noor(Vice President of Sahitya Academy, New Delhi) who was the real backbone of design was time and again thanked by writers which he well deserved.